State-level paid sick mandates expanded access : Access to paid sick days, by Census division, 2010–2023

New England  East North Central Middle Atlantic West North Central South Atlantic Mountain   East South Central Pacific West South Central
2010 70% 58% 67% 63% 61% 62% 57% 66% 64%
2011 71 59 68 62 61 63 59 66 65
2012 70 59 67 61 62 59 60 64 66
2013 68 58 66 63 64 59 61 64 66
2014 67 59 68 63 65 60 60 63 65
2015 66 60 70 66 65 59 62 63 64
2016 69 63 71 65 64 60 65 76 66
2017 71 63 71 64 66 61 66 82 66
2018 78 64 74 65 67 69 62 86 71
2019 81 65 75 70 68 75 62 91 71
2020 83 71 79 72 69 75 64 93 69
2021 85 71 79 71 73 76 67 95 69
2022 84 72 81 72 73 79 67 94 68
2023 87 74 83 70 74 82 65 94 64

Note: The three blue lines denote Census divisions where two-thirds of the population live in states with paid sick time policies. The four red lines denote Census divisions where no state has a paid sick time provision (though some localities do). Green lines denote Census divisions where some states have paid sick time laws but less than two-thirds of the population in that division are in those states.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey 2023.

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